ENERGY, SPORT, AND EXOTIC FRUIT DRINKS LEAD TO PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL IMBALANCE
by Dr. Robert O. Young

Over the last decade, acidic energy drinks—such as
Red Bull, Monster and Rockstar—have become nearly
ubiquitous on college campuses. The global market for
these types of drinks currently exceeds $3 billion a
year and new products are introduced annually.

Although few researchers have examined energy drink
consumption, a researcher at the University at Buffalo's
Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) has been
investigating links between energy drinks and public
health concerns like substance abuse and risky
behaviors.

Two new research reports by RIA Research Scientist
Kathleen E. Miller, Ph.D., examine the relationships
between energy drink consumption and risk-taking in
college students as well as "toxic jock identity" —characterized by hyper-masculinity and risk-taking behaviors among college-age athletes.

Miller's research validates and expands upon existing
concerns about acidic energy drink consumption: "The
principal target demographic for energy drinks is
young adults ages 18-25, but they're nearly as common
among younger teens," she explains. "This is a concern
because energy drinks typically contain three times
the caffeine of a soft drink, and in some cases, up
to 10 times as much. They also include ingredients
with potential interactions such as taurine and other
amino acids, massive doses of vitamins, and plant and
herbal extracts."

All the energy drinks, sport drinks and exotic fruit drinks on the market are
highly acidic and saturated with hydrogen/proton ions
that steals energy from the body. When you consume an
energy, sport or exotic fruit drink the body will
immediately go into preservation mode to protect the
alkaline design of the body from systemic acidic
poisoning. There is no net increase in energy when
drinking these highly acidic beverages and should
never be consumed. True energy comes from the release
of electrons from alkaline foods and drinks. The
electron is the spark of life and energy drinks,
sport drinks and exotic fruit drinks robs that
energy from the body leading to eventual sickness,
dis-ease and disease.

In the first set of results published online in June
in the Journal of Adolescent Health, Miller identified
links between energy drink consumption, risky substance
use and sexual risk-taking.

Frequent energy drink consumers (six or more days a
month), according to Miller's findings, were approximately
three times as likely than less-frequent energy drink
consumers or non-consumers to have smoked cigarettes,
abused prescription drugs and been in a serious physical
fight in the year prior to the survey.

They reported drinking alcohol, having alcohol-related
problems and using marijuana about twice as often
as non-consumers. They were also more likely to engage
in other forms of risk-taking, including unsafe sex,
not using a seatbelt, participating in an extreme
sport and doing something dangerous on a dare.
The associations with smoking, drinking, alcohol
problems and illicit prescription drug use were found
for white but not African-American students.

According to Miller, these findings suggest that
frequent energy drink consumption may serve as a
useful screening indicator to identify students at
risk for what scientists call "problem behavior
syndrome."

"Energy drink consumption is correlated with substance
use, unsafe sexual activity and several other forms
of risk-taking," Miller notes.

"For parents and college officials, frequent energy
drink consumption may be a red flag or warning sign
for identifying a young person at higher risk
for health-compromising behavior."

In the wake of several recent deaths linked to energy
drinks, a number of countries have instituted restrictions
on their use. Some, like France, Turkey, Denmark, Norway,
Uruguay and Iceland ban high-caffeine/taurine energy
drinks altogether. Sweden only permits them to be sold
in pharmacies as medicinal products.

Canada, which banned these drinks until 2004, now
requires warning labels cautioning against use by
children or pregnant women, use in large quantities
or use with alcohol. However, energy drink consumption
remains unregulated in the United States.

The energy drinks, sport drinks and exotic fruit drinks
compromise the alkaline design of the body. They all
have a pH that runs between 2.5 pH and 3.5 pH which is
100,000 times more acidic then purified water. My
blood research also indicates that these drinks compromise
and may damage the delicate pH of the small intestine
and the intestinal villi - the root system of the body.
When this happens the body cannot produce healthy
normal blood which may lead to blood disorders,
i.e., anemia, anisocytosis, anesthetized white blood
cells, shistocytes or the breakdown of the red
blood cells, and leukemia just to name a few. My
best advice is never drink energy, sport or exotic
fruit drinks and start drinking 4 to 5 liters of 9.5 pH
alkaline water daily.

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